Inside the Luigi Mangione musical that's playing to sellout crowds
SAN FRANCISCO - Backstage before Monday’s performance of “Luigi: The Musical,” actor Caleb Zeringue cracked a joke about how his castmate who plays the title role has to skip the show’s European debut because such a trip could cost him his health insurance.
The barb strikes at one of the key themes in the show about alleged murderer Luigi Mangione: The whims of the U.S. health care system can drive people to do drastic things with fatal outcomes.
The lead actor, Jonny Stein, gets his health coverage through his day job teaching high school math in San Francisco. He said his principal denied his request to skip the first week of school so that he could perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival starting Tuesday, so another actor will be stepping in.
“Just because something’s funny, doesn’t mean it’s not serious,” said Zeringue, dressed as a prison guard, before Stein ducked out of the green room to slip into his bright orange jumpsuit.
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